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Name: | Jon Emerson Colbath |
| Stage name: | My ego is not THAT big | |
| Relationship: | Married, two children | |
| Nationality: | USA, and about to become Swiss | |
| Home Town: | Houlton, Maine USA | |
| Date of Birth: | December 16, 1964 | |
| Living in: | Zollikon, Switzerland | |
| Favorite Place: | Foggy Creek Ranch, and of course any stage anywhere | |
| a-live Member Since: | December 1999, the beginning | |
| Voice part: | Tenor and lead, but I’ve always dreamed of being a bass | |
| Musical Experience: | At the ripe old age of ten I had my first public performance singing in front of a cover band at a charity event. I sang ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and ‘Joy To The World’ from Three Dog Night’. After that I sang in high school chorus, ensembles, musicals and the Maine All State Chorus; in college and university, where I studied voice, I performed in madrigals, musicals and chorus. As an adult I did some time on the open mic night stage until moving to Switzerland where I first joined the a cappella group The Singing Pinguins in 1995, since 2008 I have been the musical director and produced a new CD in 2011. I was recruited to a-live in 1999 by its founders Peter Zehnder and Manuel Huber. As an a cappella singer I have had the wonderful fortune to perform in hundreds of venues in Switzerland, Europe and The U.S. | |
| Musical Inspiration: | The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Steve Miller Band, Frank Sinatra, and a score of 70s bands | |
| Musical schools or diplomas: | Every stage in front of every audience has been the biggest part of my musical education. That, and my Daddy’s guitar. | |
| Profession | When not on stage I work as a self employed English teacher and translator | |
| Hobbies: | Reading and puttering around my garden, Foggy Creek | |
| Other projects: | singingpinguins.com, colbath.ch, foggycreek.ch |
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